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mingle-mangle

American  
[ming-guhl-mang-guhl] / ˈmɪŋ gəlˌmæŋ gəl /

noun

  1. a jumbled or confused mixture; hodgepodge.


Etymology

Origin of mingle-mangle

1540–50; gradational compound; see mingle, mangle 1

Example Sentences

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I tried it, but I always seemed to revert to excess: one big mingle-mangle, everybody in the pool.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2022

“Have done with such mingle-mangle talk,” ordered Mr. Meredith, fretfully.

From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford

There had been no half measures at Northampton, for the Puritans had a loathing of what they called a "mingle-mangle."

From By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

So that the Essay is written with a stimulating mingle-mangle of attraction and reluctance, of advocacy and admission.

From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury

The mingle-mangle of scarcely connected incidents which did duty with Greene for a plot, the irrepressible by-play with which Lyly loved to interrupt his main story, were rejected by him.

From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne

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